Open main menu
Home
Random
Recent changes
Special pages
Community portal
Preferences
About Wikipedia
Disclaimers
Incubator escapee wiki
Search
User menu
Talk
Dark mode
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Editing
Frombork
(section)
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
===Modern history=== Frombork suffered destruction and heavy population losses during the [[Polish–Swedish wars]]. Between 1626 and 1635 it was occupied by [[Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden]] who looted the cathedral and shipped many cultural artifacts, including Copernicus' manuscripts to [[Swedish Empire|Sweden]]. Further destruction followed during the [[Deluge (history)|Deluge]] (Swedish invasion of Poland of 1655–1660), the [[Great Northern War]] and the [[War of the Fourth Coalition]].<ref name="Serwis"/> [[File:Domberg Frauenburg.jpg|thumb|View of the Cathedral Hill in the 1930s]] After the [[First Partition of Poland]] (1772) the town was taken over by the [[Kingdom of Prussia]] and in 1773 it became part of the newly established province of [[East Prussia]]. Following the unsuccessful Polish [[November Uprising]], hundreds of Polish insurgents, including professors and students of the [[Wilno University]], were interned in the town in 1832.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kasparek|first=Norbert|editor-last=Katafiasz|editor-first=Tomasz|year=2014|title=Na tułaczym szlaku... Powstańcy Listopadowi na Pomorzu|language=pl|location=Koszalin|publisher=Muzeum w Koszalinie, Archiwum Państwowe w Koszalinie|pages=174, 176|chapter=Żołnierze polscy w Prusach po upadku powstania listopadowego. Powroty do kraju i wyjazdy na emigrację}}</ref> With the [[unification of Germany]] in 1871, Frauenburg became part of the [[German Empire]]. The ''[[Preußische Ostbahn]]'' railway line was opened in 1899 connecting [[Elbląg|Elbing]] (present-day Elbląg) and [[Braniewo|Braunsberg]] (present-day Braniewo) via Frauenburg, leading further to the Russian border at [[Chernyshevskoye|Eydtkuhnen]] (present-day Chernyshevskoye). Passenger services on the railway line ceased in early 2006.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}} After German surrender in [[World War II]], sovereignty over the town was ceremoniously transferred to Polish authorities on August 5, 1945.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.vffow.de/assets/downloads/dateien/Pr.%20Holland-Die%20Wende%201945_Diss.pdf|title=PREUßISCH HOLLAND/PASLEK – DIE WENDE DES JAHRES 1945. DIE VERTREIBUNG/AUSSIEDLUNG DER DEUTSCHEN BEVÖLKERUNG 1945-1947|author=Joanna Ewa Wisniewska|pages=91}}</ref> The unilateral Soviet transfer of power to Poland was accepted according to the [[Potsdam Agreement]], however, under preliminary terms. Towards and after the end of [[World War II]] the German inhabitants had either [[Evacuation of East Prussia|been evacuated]] or [[Expulsion of Germans from Poland after World War II|expelled]] in accordance with the [[Potsdam Agreement]]. The town was resettled by [[Polish people|Poles]], many of whom were expelleés from [[Polish areas annexed by the Soviet Union]]. In 1959, Frombork regained its city rights. Having been heavily (70%){{citation needed|date=October 2022}} damaged in World War II, it was rebuilt by Polish [[Związek Harcerstwa Polskiego|Boy Scouts]] and others in 1966–1973, in time for the 500th anniversary of Copernicus' birth. Between 1975 and 1998 Frombork was part of the [[Elbląg Voivodeship]]. Today, Frombork is regaining its importance as a tourist destination, aided by its key location just south of the frontier with the Russian [[Kaliningrad Oblast]]. Although the railway through Frombork closed in 2006, the port has seasonal ferry connections with [[Elbląg]], [[Krynica Morska]] and [[Kaliningrad]].{{citation needed|date=October 2022}} [[File:Port we Fromborku.JPG|thumb|Frombork's small port on the [[Vistula Lagoon]]]]
Edit summary
(Briefly describe your changes)
By publishing changes, you agree to the
Terms of Use
, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the
CC BY-SA 4.0 License
and the
GFDL
. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license.
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)